Beast's Heart

Chapter 9

Present, at Meta Headquarters

Steve:" OK, so this is the phone you're going to use. You'll be so far, so you won't be able to mind link us. However, if Mikey is still there, and he's conscious, maybe you will be able to communicate with him, so give it a shot once you arrive. Here wear this"

Steve gave Drake a necklace, Drake took it from him, looked back at him with a raised brow.

Steve:"I'm not giving you a valentine's gift, it's a tracker that can send us a distress signal once you push the small button on the back"

Drake nodded and wore the necklace around his neck, Steve hugged him and said "Be safe out there OK, get Mike and come back home" Drake hugged him back, took his bag, turned to Don, hugged him too and went on his way.

Brooklyn, New York

Drake arrived at a cheap motel where he can book a room. It looked bad on the outside, but as soon as he walked in it was even worse inside. It looked like it had seen better days, stained walls, dirty floor & cockroaches were crawling everywhere. He hid his disgust and went to the receptionist who was busy painting her nails with the ugliest green color he had ever seen.

Drake:"Good morning ma'am. I'd like to book a room please"

The woman didn't even look at him and replied "Fifty Dollars a night", Fifty Dollars?! He wouldn't even pay five dollars in this dump. He replied to her with a smile, although she was not even looking at him "Isn't that a bit much?!", she sighed, slammed the polish bottle loudly on the counter and turned to shout at him "Listen here you Lo......" as soon as she looked at him, she saw a very hot & handsome guy she forgot what she was about to say, he was tall, very muscular with sun kissed skin, olive green eyes, a light beard on his face and oh my god his smile made her lose her breath, she quickly fixed her hair and pushed her bo*bs to make them look bigger smiled and said "I mean for a handsome face we can manage give you a discount", Drake almost threw up in his mouth when she tried to push her bo*bs in his face, he scratched the back of his neck and thanked her "Thanks that would be very nice of you", she replied with even wider smile "Sidney, my name is Sidney, I will give you our best room for only twenty dollars a night", Drake thanked her again took his room keys and ran away before her bo*bs would spill out of her tiny dress.

The room was not as bad as he thought it would be. He made sure to lock the door behind him. He didn't want to get attacked by a h*rney Sidney any time soon. Drake tried to mind link Mike again but with no luck, he sighed and went to the bathroom to take a shower before he goes out again to investigate. He took off his clothes and jumped in the shower. The water was cold, but he didn't mind it, as the water ran down his body, he relaxed a bit, but the deep feeling that something big was going to happen didn't go away. In fact, it got stronger as soon as he stepped foot in the city. Drake finished showering, got dressed and left the room. When he was leaving, Sidney tried to ambush him, but he acted as if he was on the phone, smiled at her and quickly ran to his car.

As per Mike's last report, he went to a bar to try and get recruited by the resistance. Steve tracked the location from where the text message was sent and narrowed it down to a certain area. There were only a few bars in this area so Drake decided to visit them and try to find a lead which he could follow.

Three days later

Drake still couldn't find any leads that would help him in finding Mike, but last night he heard a group of drunk men talking about a bar down town that gives two drinks with the price of one every first day of the month. If the resistance were looking for a crowd of drunk, easy to recruit candidates-they'd definitely be there. Today is the first of the month, so since he didn't have any reliable leads to follow, he decided to go to this bar and hope he'd achieve something.

Drake POV

I arrived at the bar, parked my car outside and walked in. It was very crowded, it looked as if all of Brooklyn was there, I looked around the place to see if I could find anyone that would look suspicious, but all I found were drunk men, men and women kissing or rather, eating each other's faces, and some people were eating. I sighed and took a seat at the bar. As soon as I sat down, the bartender came to me with a smile.

Timothy:"What can I get you?"

Drake thought "Mikey and the names of the resistance leaders, so I can leave this city before I get r*ped by h*rney Sidney". He smiled back at the bartender and replied "A beer would be OK, Thanks"

Timothy:"You got it, your next beer will be free."

Drake:"Yeah I've heard about the first day of the month thing, that was the reason I came"

Timothy gave him his beer while laughing. Yeah, other bars think that we are crazy for it, but it's difficult times and we need to attract customers somehow."

Drake:"Yeah I get what you mean, I've been in town for a few days now and till now I can't find a job"

Timothy:"You're a big guy, good-looking too. Did you try to apply for a bodyguard job for one of the rich people?"

Drake:"Nah man I wouldn't survive a day dealing with rich snobs. I might kill them myself"

Timothy laughed then went back to his work. Drake looked around the crowded bar but no one stood out as a resistance member. He sighed and wiped his face, looks like this bar was another dead end.

Suddenly, a drunk guy started arguing with Timothy because Timothy told him that he had already gotten his free drink, but the man was too drunk to remember. The drunk man held Timothy by his shirt, grabbed a beer bottle and was about to break it on Timothy's head. Suddenly, Drake held the drunk man's hand that was holding the beer bottle, held him in a chokehold, threw him out of the bar and got back in.

Timothy:"Thanks man, not a lot of people do what you did nowadays."

Drake:"It's OK don't mention it, you're a nice guy, you didn't deserve what this drunk fool wanted to do to you"

Timothy gave Drake another beer and told him it was on the house as a thanks for stepping up and helping.

Timothy reached his hand out to Drake. "I'm Timothy", Drake took his hand. "Dan"

Timothy:"I have a proposition for you, Dan, that could earn you a few bucks"

Drake looked at Timothy waiting for him to finish what he wanted to say,

Timothy:"Every first of the month we face a lot of similar incidents like what happened earlier. Why don't you help us out with breaking up fights and kicking out drunk fools and I will pay you good money by the end of the day and your food and beer are on the house"

Drake thought about the offer and thought it would be a good cover in case the resistance members decided to show up later in the night. He agreed and Timothy was very relieved he would get the help he desperately needed to have a peaceful night.

Timothy:" OK great. You can go to Garry our Chef in the kitchen and ask him to fix you something to eat, you'll need all your energy to survive the night."

Drake laughed and went to the kitchen like Timothy told him. As he entered the kitchen he found a man who looked in his late forties running all around the place as if his a*s was on fire. As soon as he noticed Drake, he frowned in question.